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LABIATE. XCI. LEUCAS. 



subulate teeth. Q, ? S. Native of the Indian peninsula and 

 Ceylon. Stems procumbent at the base. Whorls above 30- 

 flowered. Corollas white. 



Horehound-like Leucas. PI. procumbent. 



24 L. JAVA'NICA (Benth. lab. p. 611.) stem branched, scan- 

 dent ; branches obversely pilose on the angles ; leaves ovate, 

 bluntly serrated, acutish at the base, and quite entire, pubescent 

 on both surfaces ; whorls 6-1 0-flowered ; calyx oblong, pubes- 

 cent, 10-toothed : teeth subulate, the alternate ones snorter. 

 Q. ? S. Native of Java, among bushes on the banks of rivers. 

 Phlomis Chinensis, Blum, bijdr. p. 829. but not of Retz. 



Var. ft ; leaves smaller, clothed with soft pubescence on both 

 surfaces. . ? S. Native of Java, on declivities between 

 Mount Burangrang and Tankuwan Paku. 



Java Leucas. PI. climbing. 



SECT. V. A'STRODON (from acrrrip, aster, a star ; and oSovc 

 oSovroc, odous odontos, a tooth ; in allusion to the teeth of the 

 calyx spreading in a stellate manner.) Benth. lab. p. 611. A's- 

 trodon, Benth. in Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 61. Calyx tubular, 

 with an equal mouth, and a usually very villous throat, and 10 

 teeth, which usually spread in a stellate manner at the time of 

 maturity. Whorls usually globose, many-flowered, solitary or 

 few, the upper ones sometimes capitate. Bracteas scarcely 

 shorter than the calyxes. 



25 L. SUFFRUTICOSA (Benth. lab. p. 611.) branches clothed 

 with rufous villi, leafy at the base ; leaves sessile, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, linear, quite entire, green and hispid above, and clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; bracteas subulate ; calyx clothed 

 with rufous villi, with a truncate villous mouth, and very short 

 rather spreading teeth. 1? . S. Native of the Indian penin- 

 sula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Stems numerous, rising from 

 a woody base. Leaves 8-10 lines long. Whorls about 10- 

 flowered. Corollas as in L. ternifblia ; tube exannulate in- 

 side. 



Suffrulicose Leucas. Shrub -| to 1 foot. 



26 L. ROSMARINIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ; branches 

 clothed with adpressed villi ; leaves sessile, linear, quite entire, 

 scabrous from hairs above, but clothed with white tomentum 

 beneath ; bracteas lanceolate-linear ; calyx villous, with a trun- 

 cate villous mouth, and very short rather spreading teeth, fj . 

 S. Native of the Indian peninsula, Wight. Allied to the pre- 

 ceding, but the hairs are hardly rufescent. Leaves an inch 

 long, much narrower. Bracteas broader, very acute, equalling 

 the calyxes. 



Rosmary-leaved Leucas, Shrub dwarf. 



27 L. HELIANTHEMIFOLIA (Desf. mem. mus. par. 11. p. 2. t. 

 1.) stems shrubby at the base; branches clothed with silky sub- 

 rufescent wool ; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong-elliptic or lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, silky on both surfaces, but greener above, 

 and very white beneath ; bracteas linear, shorter than the ca- 

 lyxes ; calyx clothed with silky villi, with a truncate villous 

 mouth, and very short rather spreading teeth. V} . S. Native 

 of the Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains, Lesche- 

 nault and Wight. Differs from L. ternifblia, in the leaves being 

 opposite, shorter, less white ; and in the branches being usually 

 rufescent. 



Sun-rose-leaved Leucas. Shrub dwarf. 



28 L. TERNIFOLIA (Desf. mem. mus. par. 11. p. 4. t. 1. f. 2.) 

 stem shrubby at the base ; branches densely tomentose ; leaves 

 3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, silky on 

 both surfaces, very white beneath ; bracteas linear ; calyx cloth- 

 ed with silky wool, with a truncate villous mouth, and very 

 short, rather spreading teeth. Tj . S. Native of the Indian 

 peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Branches clothed with 



dense white or rufescent wool. Leaves 1 to 1| inch long. 

 Whorls 10-20-flowered. Galea of corolla densely clothed with 

 white hairs ; tube exannulate inside. 

 Tern-leaved Leucas. Shrub dwarf. 



29 L. LANCEAFOLIA (Desf. mem. mus. 11. p. 5. t. 2. f. 2.) 

 stem erect, clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, almost quite entire, green and pubescent above, but 

 canescent and clothed with tomentose pubescence beneath ; 

 bracteas equalling the calyxes ; calyx clothed with rufous villi, 

 with a truncate pubescent mouth, very short teeth, which are, as 

 well as the bracteas, stiffly mucronulate. If-. S. Native of the 

 Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Leaves 3-4 

 inches long. Galea of corolla densely clothed with white villi ; 

 tube finely pubescent inside, but exannulate. 



Lance-leaved Leucas. PI. 7 to 8 feet. 



30 L. STELLI'GERA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 61. Benth. lab. 

 p. 613.) herbaceous, erect, pubescent and sub-canescent ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, bluntly serrated, glabrous or finely pubes- 

 cent ; calyx tomentose, with a truncate mouth, which is villous 

 inside ; teeth 1 0, and are, as well as the bracteas, subulate, soft, 

 spreading, revolute at top. Q.tS. Native of the East Indies, 

 at Aurungabad, Wall. Habit of L. linifblia. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long. Whorls usually solitary, or 2-3 approximate at 

 the tops of the branches. Corolla white ; tube annulate in- 

 side. 



Star-bearing Leucas. PI. lg foot. 



31 L. LAMIIFOLIA (Desf. mem. mus. 11. p. 4. t. 2. f. 1.) her- 

 baceous, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves cordate-ovate, clothed 

 with rufous villi above, and hoary tomentum beneath ; bracteas 

 lanceolate-linear, equalling the calyxes ; calyx silky, with a 

 truncate equal mouth, which is villous inside, and subulate 

 teeth, which at length spread in a stellate manner. ? S. 

 Native of the Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. 

 Leaves crenated, 2 to 2^ inches long. Whorls few, towards the 

 tops of the branches, densely many-flowered. Flowers like 

 those of L. lancecefblia. 



Dead Nettle-leaved Leucas. PI. 2 feet. 



32 L. HI'RTA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 743.? Benth. lab. p. 613.) 

 suffruticose ? ; branches clothed with rufescent villi ; leaves 

 ovate or oblong, sub-crenated, green and hairy on both sur- 

 faces ; bracteas equalling the calyxes ; calyx villous, with a 

 truncate very villous mouth, and 10 short subulate stellately 

 spreading mutic teeth, fj . ? S. Native of the peninsula of 

 India, Heyne. Phlomis hlrta, Heyne, and perhaps of Roth, 

 nov. spec. pi. p. 264. ? Leucas helianthemifolia, Benth. in 

 Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 61. but not of Desf. Plant divari- 

 cately branched. Leaves scarcely an inch long. Whorls usu- 

 ally solitary, on the tops of the branches. Galea of corolla 

 densely clothed with white hairs. 



Hairy Leucas. Shrub ^ foot. 



33 L. VESTI'TA (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 61. lab. 

 p. 613.) herbaceous, erect; stem clothed with rufescent hairs; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, crenated, hairy, green, or scarcely canes- 

 cent beneath ; bracteas linear, ciliately hairy ; calyx hairy, with 

 a truncate nearly equal mouth, which is very hairy inside, and 

 hardly equal subulate teeth, which spread in a stellate manner. 

 0. ? S. Native of the peninsula of India, on the Madura moun- 

 tains ; and of Silhet. Stem more robust than in L. ciliata. 

 Tube of corolla annulate inside. 



Clothed Leucas. P). 2 to 3 feet. ? 



34 L. CILIA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, erect, clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, ser- 

 rately crenated, green on both surfaces ; bracteas linear, cili- 

 ately hairy ; calyx tubular, with a truncate equal mouth, which 

 is rather pilose inside or naked, with elongated subulate hairy 

 stellately spreading teeth. O- ? S. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 



